Horn for sound-reproducing machines.



A. GUNNIUS. I HORN FOR SOUND REPRODUGING MACHINES.

' APPLICATION FILED DEG.4, 1908.

Patnted June 7, 1910.

2 SHEETS-$111131 1;

AIR. GUNNIUS.

HORN FOR SOUND REPRODUGING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED DEC.4,1908.

960,834. Patented June 7,1910.

attaining 1STATES"PATENTIOFFIQE I #LFRED R; CUNNiUS, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR'QF ONE-'HAII'F T0 v Keisha, or .EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

I 960, 34; Sfieeificatioxi ofLetters' Patent. Patnt 'd-Ju e 7, 1910, I Application-filedDecember-4, ieos'. Serial K614653558.

T 0 (ill avhoi n concern: in WliichI may form this groove'and tongue H B it kn th t ,ALFRED-R.;Cmg s, jointtthough I prefer the'form;shown-iii a citizen of t-hel'lnit'ed States,' residing at. Fig. 3,'. wherein one edge ,of one stave is Brooklyn, 111 the county otKmgs and'State made with a Wedge-shaped tongue and the ofNew York. hat'e-mi enteda new {111(171158- adiacent edge of the othenstave 1s made 50 tn] Horn for Sound-R'eproducing Machines, {wi h a Kvedge-shapedgroove into which the of which thefollowi-ngisja, specification.- tongue?) fitsf Itovill'be seen from Fig. 3.

M i tention relates to inegaphones' or that the tongue 3 is not the entirelthickness i'horns nsedtor.sonnd-reproducing machines, Ofthe stave 2,,b1 1t tha 1 1 61 4 is mid particulai'lyto th'e construction of a; 9. 51 Whichabuts gai st i 65 'Wdoden-horn; the'object Of'lhY invention her. shoulder 5,; formed on the,adjacent stave 2.

.in g to'p'roYide-a horn of this 'charfacterivhich T1118 111511169 1.111 ngly r g l -f .shall attain a'high degree of purity of: tone, tion. I I f 1 and eliminate any harsh or metallic rinmi Fig. i the tongue ;is formed bysimply' 3 Particularlyjmy bj t. ides in forming. cutting the edge, of-,o1ie stave 2 at an n 70 a horn of this characterji-hi'ch shall be cheap li l h to i s surface, and. then cutting a' otinannfactnre,combined with strength and Jg QY? 1 ei 0f the adjacent state and durability, andat the same t me so construct; s r ing HHS edge tl'iei the hornthat thelneans used for s-trengthen- In F joint fOTIIK-(l vsioo "-i1ig 210 ingsh'all add t ofthe' beauty of the article. both of'th e adjaeent'edges of the sthves' and '75 or bars-let into the sections and erasing. known/t0 Wood-Workers- Iiithe drawin s, Fi 111 sid vi w which is'loc-ated midway in ,the thickness The'invention consists. in a horn. made up inserting :1 ng hinto the grooves.

of thin: strips or seetions interengaged at I Of to limit myself their edges, bonnd'toeach other by-donbled 0 ny o h .f l'lns shown, as" a" suitable dovetailed dowels,.--and by transverse stri s. o1nt may be made 111 any other. inannerwelli the same; the ends of the ti s b i Thetlat strip'or-stave is preferahlynext further prevented from splitting by inserts cut on its outerltralisvefrse edge with a slot of wooden slips transi erse in grain to the running t.rans\'erse"to the rain and about.

' one-and one-half inches 1981 'lhis groove,"

1 grain of the sections.

,' a thorn construqtedin accordance ith ()t the stave; is now filled with an inletor' my inv ntion; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary en- 8111) O'I Wood. '4. of such length as toextend f l d ti f, the. longitudinal stares from one side edge o f'the staveto tl e'ot'her across the dg t il d dow l; Fi 3 4' .as shown in Fig. 6, the grain of whi It runs "35 and 5. are transverse sections showing diftransverse to thegrain of the stave asshown 9o 'ferent means of'making jointbetWeen two ill F g- J fl' SUPWE glllfltlll longitudinal stares; Fig .6 is a lowerend placeand absolutely prevents the, wood from yigw f 9116 f th l it di al t s ()y splitt ng at i'l11SpO1]1t,\'11lllitltlf hard usage. *tions to show the inlet slip which prevents -Horns ot Wood are part cularlyhable to splittingbf the sections; Fig. 7 i a Yface split at this point, and therefore require i f th l w r d f e f th t taves solnehinding means. At ,the other end of. 'or' sections, the Wood being partly broken. the horn the strips-are bound togetherhy a ;away-y-Fig.-8 isa iew showing two .adja ,ferrnle 8,. and hence, require no insert. The 7 cent longitudinalstrips, the transverse bind-. nextstep in the operation is to cut a shallow 15 Iers and the dowels therefor, disassembled. grooiiet) across the up )er tare of the mgr-.100 M y'horn is madenp of a series of states, transverse-to the gra n thereof. and pro L2, or fiat, strips} of'wo0d,'larger at one end ably at an angle to i'lltPtlXlfll l ne of the than at the other. These stares are grooved stave. as shown 1n Fig. 8. I have found in on one o f their edges a'nd'torn ed with practice that this groove should be about 50 'tongueonthe other edge, as shown in Figs. one-sixteenthot' an inch deep. Whilc I p're- 2 to,5 it being understood that thetongue fer to out this groove on the outer time of .on due edge of one ofthe states-will en the stave. as thls tends to provide an ornagage with the gr ooye on the adjacentedge of mental finishto the horn; as shown 1n 11 the other stave, as shown in" these figures; r1 41 do not wish to lnint' myselt to this. as

'. 55 'I do not wish to limit niyselftothe manner the 'g'r'oore {night 'he' cut on the inside face.

of the stave, or, indeed, both faces. A strip 10 of thin wood or veneer is now glued into position 111 the groove 9, either on the out.-

side of the stave, on the inside or both sides,

as before mentioned. .Prefer'a-bly as shown 111 Figs. 1 and 8, the groove 9 extendsat an angle to the ax al hne of the staves and the grooves of two adjacent stave's are inclined.

oppositely to each other so that when the strips .10 are in place, the strips will take the I forni of a star-shaped figure when viewed from the small end of the horn. This adds very materially to the ornamental nature of the. horn and, at the same time, the strips 10 prevent the staves from splitting. The

staves are now bent so that the horn will at an angle to each other so as to conform to the. angle of .two adjacent staves. These dowels after being glued in place, prevent the oints from openmg and add greatly to the strength of the joint and to the strength of the horn as a.whol e. I have shown two sets of these dowels, one near the outer seal-- loped edge of the horn and the. other above the slips 10, but I do not wish to be limited to this as I may use more or less of these dowels, as desired. iVhil e prefer to make these dowels fiat with the staves, yet I may allow them to project above the staves by making them thicker than the recesses 12 which they fit. This construction does not change in any way the function of the (low-- els, but adds somewhat to the ornamental effect.- The dowels cooperate with the tongue and. grooves for preventing the joints from opening at the larger end of the horn, while the ferrule S prevents the joints from opening at the smaller ,or month end of the horn. The reinforcing strips 7 and a ferrule at the opposite ends of the staves prevent longitudinal splitting of the fibers at points between the joints of adjacent stavcs. The advantage of this arrangement is that relatively thin slaves maybe employed and yet an extremely strong and durable horn produced. all the tying and reinforcingparts except the ferrule 8, being made of wood so as not to impair the purity of the tone.

The inner end of the strips reduced as.

at 13 to accommodate the ferrule 8. This l protects the wood at the small end of the horn and also serves as the com'iecting means by which the horn is fastened to the elbow splitting is greatest.

, of the usualsoulid-reproducing machine, or

to a reduccrwhich is used where the horn is to be applied to a cylinder-type of talkingmachine.

It will be seen that the construction above described, provides a horn which, being made of wood, has no metallic sound, which softens and sweetcns the tone of the reproducinginstrument, and which is, at the same time, extremely strong and bound together so rigidly as to form a horn practically of one piece of woodwHorns constructed in accordance with my above description, are capable of standinggrcat strain, while they are very much cheaper to construct than the horns now on the market.

Because-of the transverse slips 7 and 10 the individual, staves will not split under changes in temperature, or in service, and because of the dowels 11 the joints between the sta'vcs will not open, nor willthe staves split as they might do under strain if no dowels were used. Since each stave is considerably wider at its outer end than at its inner end, the grain becomes shorter and shorter along the side edges from the narrower to the wider end so that at the wider end the grain is comparatively short, and 'hence the reinforcing strips 7 and 10 are provided at this point where the liability of Along the axis of each stave, the grain extends the full length so that-it is unnecessary to reinforce the stave at the narrower end. Each stave is ofgreatest lcngth alongthe longitudinal axis, since the outer end of the horn is scalloped and the inset reinforcing pieces 7 are disposed in the scallops to strengthen the staves at this point where they are liable to strike should the horn drop on the floor.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art without further dcscription, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to without depart ing from the'spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. I

Having thus described my lllVtlltlOl], what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A horn for sound-rcproducing machines composedof aseries of edge contacting staves, the plane of the said stavcs being at an angle to each other and the adj accnt edges of the slaves provided withregistering rcccsscs open in corresponding faces of the stavcs and of less depth than the thickness of the latter, and wooden dowels inserted in registering recesses with their grain extending transversely to the joint between the staves, .eachdowel consisting of two portions disposed at an angle to each other conformlng to the angle between the surfaces of two adjacentj stavesv t horn section comprising a wooden stave. tapering in one direction, and awooden reinforcing strip fastened to the stave and extending transversely to the axis of the stave from one'e-dgeto the other, said stave beinglongitudinallybent into a gradual curve after the said strip is secured thereto wherebv the strip-conforms to the curvature of the stave.--

3. A horn section compr sing awooden stave of tapering form having a transverse groove in one surface extencling'ti'o n one longitudinal edge to the other and having a slot .inits wider end edge extending from one longitudinal edge toth'e 0ther, wooden stiflening Jstrips set into the groove and slot and each forming a continuous piece extending from one edge-of the stave to the other, said stave being longitudinally bent on. a

1 gradual curve after the securing of the strips successive strip of the adjacent stave.

' in place.

4. A -horn for sound reproducing niachinesconipose'd of aseries of edge-contact- "ing staves, the plane of said staves being at an} angle toeach other,.the adjacent-edges of the 'staves'lbeing provided with registering recesses open in corresponding faces of the staves and of less depth than the thickness of the. latter, and wooden dowels inserted in said recesses withutheir grain extending transversely to theljoints between the stave's,

said dowels being double dovetailed in. plan, the two portions of the dowels being at an angle to each other conformin to the angle between the surfaces of two adjacent staves.

5. A horn for sound reproducing inachii1es composed of a series of edge-contacting staves, each stave being wider at one end than at the other and having attached thereto a. transverse bracing strip, the transverse strip of one stave being at an angle to the transverse strip of the adjacent stave, but

the end of one strip registering with the ad jacent end of the next successive strip.

7. A" horn for sound reproducing inachines composed of a serles of edge-contacting staves, each stave being wider at one end than the othe r,'and the seriesioiistaves ing outwardli flared, the edges of adjacent stoves being formed with a tongue and groove joint and with dowel recesses at i11- tervals along each joint, and noninetallic dovetailed dowels inserted in said recesses across thejoint and binding adjacent staves to each other, said dowels serving to hold the tongues of the joints seated in the grooves thereof.

S. A horn for sound reproducing niachines composed of a series of edge-contacting wooden tapering staves oit greaterlength along the longitudinal center line than the side edges, whereby the middle portions ot the wider ends ,otthe staves pro ect beyond the cornms thereof, the grain being parallel to the longer axis of the staves, said stares being outwardly bent and having a tongue and groove joint ontheir adjacentedges, the edge at the wider en d of each slave being transversely slotted and having a slip of wood. inserted and glued in said slotthe grain whereof transverse to the grain of the stave, the adjacent edges of each two .staves, being formed at intervals with dove- .tailed dowel recesses, and doubledovetailed dowels inserted in said recesses and binding the adjacent staves to each other.

.5). A horn section comrnising 'a wooden stave ot tapering" form bent longitudiinillv and having a tongue and a groove at opposite longitudinal edges. :1 superficial groove extdndingfrtiun one longitudinal edge to the other and at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the stave, and a longitudinally curved stiitening strip of wood set into the said superficial groove with the ends of the strip flush with the longitudinal edges of the stave, said strip being bent with the stave and having its mitersurtace flush with the outer surface of the latter.

10. A horn section comprising a wooden stave of tapering form and having a tongue and a" groove at opposite longitudinal edges. a Sll ltlfiClfll groove extending from one longitudinal edge to the other. and a stitl'ening strip of .wood set into the said superficial groove with the ends of the strip flush with the longitudinal edges of the stave, said stave lniving sets of dowel-receiving recesses at opposite sides of the superficial groove and extending from the longitiulinal edges Of'the stave.

11. .X horn section comprising a wooden stave of tapering form and having a tongue and a groove at opposite longitudinal edges. a superficial groove extending from one longitudinal edge to the other. a stiffening strip of wood set into the said superficial groove with the ends of the strip flush with the longitudinal edges of the stave, said stave having setsot dowel-receiving recesses at opposite sides of the superficial groove and extending from the longitudinal edges "of the stave, a wooden stiffening stripset grain. of the latter. 1

into the larger end of the stave and ari'anged w1th its grain transversely to the 12. A horn section coinpris ing a wooden stave ltlP81l11g-11ltl1e direction of. the grain vthereof and having an arcuate edge at the larger end, said edge-being centrally slotted in a plane longitudinally'of the stave and extending the tull'width of the largerend ofth'e'same and a reinforcing strip of wood set into the slot of the said edge with the grain transverse to the rain of the stave and'having theouter edge curved to conform to the edge of the stave.

"13, A horn section comprising a wooden stave taperingdn the direction of the grainthereof and having an arcuate edge atthe larger end, said .edge'beni'g centrally slotted in a plane longitudinally of the stave and extending the full Width of the larger end of the same, a reinforcing stripof wood set into the slot of the said edge with the grain transverse to the grain of the stave and hav ing the outer edge curved to conform to the edge of the stave, one side of the stave having a superficial transverse groove extending from one of the longitudinal edges thereof to the other and disposed transversely to the grain of, the stave, and a .s'riti'eningwooden piece set into the groove and having its outer surface ll1..\'li with the outer surface of the stare, said strips servmg to reinforce the stave at its larger end andpreventcracking or warping thereof.

14-. A non-metallic .horn comprising wooden stares tapering longitudinally and bent toform a curved flaring body, the said body being formed with a scalloped edge. .each scallop being as wide as the wider end of each stave, each stave having its scalloped edge slotted longitudinally from one side to' the other,,and wooden reinforcing strips set into the slots of the stares and having their outer-edges flush with the scalloped ends of" the latter.

15. A'non-1netalhc horn comprising a plurality of staresarranged edge to edge and each tapering longitndinalh and vcurved outwardl to iorm a flaring body, wooden reini'orclng strips in each stave, one

of the strips be ng set into the edge ot the tare in the presence of two witnesses.

, ALFRED 1t. OUNNIUS.

Witnesses: v

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